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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers Fabric Type: 9780790798899 Graphics Memory Size: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Legal Disclaimer: 0790798891 Manufacturer Labor Warranty Description: Maximum Color Depth: Warner Home Video Maximum Focal Length: Metal Type: Warner Home Video Pearl Type: 012569432123 Processor Count: 2 Total Firewire Ports: Warner Home Video Total Metal Weight: 1 Total Parallel Ports: February 10, 2009 Total S Video Out Ports: 126 minutes Warner Home Video June 19, 1992 Editorial Review: Product Description: The Caped Crusader returns to do battle with Catwoman and the Penguin. Amazon.com essential video: With 1989's Batman, Tim Burton's bold visual style, the late Anton Furst's stunning production design, and the dark dance between doppelgangers suggested by Michael Keaton's tortured Batman and Jack Nicholson's demonic Joker rejuvenated the caped crusader's franchise while setting a dauntingly high bar for any sequel. It's not surprising, then, that 1992's Batman Returns couldn't match the sheer impact of its predecessor, yet the subsequent passing of the baton to Joel Schumacher, and the title hero's retreat to a more conventional persona, make the second Burton Batman worth another look. Perhaps reasoning that the appeal of two dueling schizoids might be upped by adding a third, Batman Returns pits millionaire Bruce Wayne and his alter ego against two equally split personalities, Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and the Penguin (Danny DeVito). If the equation yields less than the desired sum, it still gives Pfeiffer and DeVito room for oversized, properly gothic performances, and the very feline Pfeiffer, in particular, has a field day. DeVito's cackling, mutant orphan is nearly as riveting, and the story might have fared better if the scriptwriting committee hadn't tossed in a third villain, Christopher Walken's rapacious industrialist, Max Schreck (coyly named for the actor who played the earliest screen vampire, Count Orlock, in F. W. Murnau's German expressionist classic, Nosferatu), thereby pushing the plot toward rococo excess. Bo Welch's production design sustains the brooding mix of deco and gothic established by Furst, and Danny Elfman's dark, stirring score helps pick up some of the slack. --Sam Sutherland Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Batman Returns: And Boy Does He Ever?In the original, Batman (Michael Keaton) had the deal with the hijinks of the nefarious Joker. Now, he's got two villains to deal with, one worse than the other. The first is the Penguin (Danny Devito), a sewer-dwelling freak with bird-like hands whose cruelty by his parents have turned him a psychotic madman. The other is Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), a femme fatale in a swanky cat suit whose alter ego is Salina Kyle. She has a going for Batman and the two form a love-hate relationship that is the ... Read More Rating: - Before Ledger There Was Pfeiffer and DeVitoBefore Nolan's Batman films came out, this was my favorite Batman movie. Like The Dark Knight, Batman Returns is very villain-centered. The rogues gallery were always my favorite part of the comics as well as the film franchise. In this installment we get two villains who at the time seemed like the last bad guys you'd pick. The Penguin and Catwoman? Tim Burton had a feeling and he went for it. He put a unique twist on these two forever that would reshape the world of Batman. His twisted dark ... Read More Rating: - One flaw...onlyI really enjoyed this movie, I love the simplicity of the characters and way the scenes edited. Max Shrek being my favorite character. This movie could've done a little more in the realm of Bruce Wayne's character but its good. My only complaint is that this film is obviously filmed on a soundstage. Every scene its just blatant and thats the only downer. Rating: - Where is Mr. Mom?I know what you are thinking. Hmmm....should I buy this Batman? Is it really worth the price of admission? Does this Blu-ray have an awesome picture? In essance, I was really looking forward to watching this movie...especially since I have not seen it in a while. You may ponder and agree, "Out of the Batman movies for this era, the first Batman really kicked butt and the second one...hmmm...I am not too sure about it. Danny DeVito was pretty cool as the penguin and Christopher Walken is ... Read More Rating: - The gloomy undertone of the Batman movies is like a tow line, holding the movie back, keeping it from springing free into the...wind. Tim Burton's "Batman Returns," even more than the original "Batman," is a dark, brooding film, filled with hurt and fear, childhood wounds and festering adult resentments. It is also a most intriguing movie, great to look at, fun to talk about. There is no doubt Burton is a gifted director, but is he the right director for Batman? The film opens in cruelty and shame, as the parents of a deformed baby put him into his bassinet and drop him into the river on a cold, snowy Christmas ... Read More Batman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition) Buy superhero comic book collectibles at the Superhero Mall! |